Reading for November 11th

Read Ezra 5.6-17. In verse 6: The copy of the letter: The author offers extracts from official memoranda to fill out the story line. While there can be no certainty, it appears the author was working from actual documents, which may have been modified slightly to fit the narrative. In verse 12: But because our ancestors had angered God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar: The case for rebuilding the Temple depends in part on the assertion that the Temple was destroyed not because the southern kingdom rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, and imperial king but because God was angry. In verse 13: King Cyrus ... made a decree: See 1.1-4. Comments or Questions..